Addressing basic theory, design, and analysis of micro-toolings and machines, modelling methods and techniques, and integrated approaches for micro-cutting, this book provides practicing engineers with examples of how to implement and apply micro-cutting in precision and micro-manufacturing practice[...]

Grounding design and installation is critical for the safety and performance of any electrical or electronic system. This book covers: grounding for safety aspects in facilities, and lightning; grounding in printed circuit board, cable shields, and enclosure grounding; and, applications in fixed and[...]

What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? Ideas about the physic[...]

Kai Hafez's book overturns arguments denouncing political Islam as a terrorist or fascist movement at odds with Western democratic ideology.[...]

Masters of Spinjitzu: a new force to save the world
Will Kai be the greatest warrior ever known? Maybe, if he ever listens to Sensei Wu long enough to complete his training He's stubborn, he's reckless, and he might just save the world.[...]

"Grey is the color of truth." So observed Mac Bundy in defending America's intervention in Vietnam. Kai Bird brilliantly captures this ambiguity in his revelatory look at Bundy and his brother William, two of the most influential policymakers of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. It is a portr[...]

Brazil's architecture is strikingly distinct from Latin America as a whole and diverse in itself. Yet coverage of the architecture of twentieth-century Brazil is all too often confined to the work of one man (Oscar Niemeyer) or the buildings of two cities (Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo). In "Brazil's[...]